Paramedics hit by "disgusting attack" while helping patient

A DAY after the Queensland government announced it would launch a new advertising campaign following a spate of attacks on paramedics, two paramedics were assaulted and their ambulance rammed in a "disgusting attack" while going to the aid of a patient in Melbourne's north.

The ABC reports that paramedics were called to Hobbs Crescent in Reservoir about 6.30pm on Thursday, when they were set upon by three people as they tried to treat the patient.